Hungarian String Quartet - Bartok: 6 String Quartets (1999)
Artist: Hungarian String Quartet
Title: Bartok: 6 String Quartets
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:38:07
Total Size: 844 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Bartok: 6 String Quartets
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:38:07
Total Size: 844 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1
Streichquartett No. 1 Op. 7, Sz 40 (1908-1909)
1. 1. Lento - Attacca:
2. 2. Poco A Poco Accelerando Al'allegretto - Introduzione. Allegro - Attacca:
3. 3. Allegro Vivace
Streichquartett No. 3 Sz 85 (1927)
4. 1. Prima Parte. Moderato - Attacca:
5. 2. Seconda Parte. Allegro - Attacca:
6. Ricapitulazione Della Prima Parte. Moderato
7. 3. Coda. Allegro Molto
Streichquartett No. 5 Sz 102 (1934)
8. 1. Allegro
9. 2. Adagio Molto
10. 3. Scherzo: Alla Bulgarese
11. 4. Andante
12. 5. Finale: Allegro Vivace
CD 2
Streichquartett No. 2 Op. 17, Sz 67 (1915-1917)
1. 1. Moderato
2. 2. Allegro Molto Capriccioso
3. 3. Lento
Streichquartett No. 4 Sz 91 (1928)
4. 1. Allegro
5. 2. Prestissimo, Con Sordino
6. 3. Non Troppo Lento
7. 4. Allegretto Pizzicato8 5. Allegro Molto
Streichquartett No. 6 Sz 114 (1939)
9. 1. Mesto - Più Mosso, Pesante - Vivace
10. 2. Mesto - Marcia
11. 3. Mesto - Burletta
12. 4. Mesto
Performers:
Zoltán Székely, I. Violin
Michael Kuttner, II. Violin
Dénes Koromzay, Viola
Gabriel Magya, Violoncello
This is one of those performances though great you'd never expect to come out on CD (and in the states didn't since DG didn't want another version to compete with the other one already on their label by the Emerson Quartet who incidentally are dull as dish water compared to these guys). from the opening measure of the first quartet one becomes immediately aware that this group literally and figuratively has this music in their blood. Those who love these works or Bartok in general are strongly encouraged to consider this idiomatically incomparable, stylish, and truly important set.